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SIMPSON COLLEGE
Associate of Arts (AA) degree
Students who complete an AA degree with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or
higher and who subsequently are admitted as degree-seeking candidates at Simpson College
will be enrolled as juniors subject to the qualifications below:
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The required Cornerstone and other graduation requirements will be credited on a course
by course basis providing the course grade is C- or higher.
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Although an unlimited number of credit hours may be transferred to Simpson College,
graduates of a community college must complete a minimum of 64 semester hours of credit at
Simpson to apply to the minimum of 128 semester hours needed to graduate.(132 for music).
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Any passing grade will be accepted as part of the AA degree if the student has a
cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher. Courses with grades of D+, D or D- will
be given departmental or divisional credit, not specific course credit.
Individual Courses
Students with AS, AAS or ABS degrees will have their courses evaluated on a
course-by-course basis. Vocational-technical credit will be limited to a maximum of 16
semester hours. Students transferring without a degree will want to use the listing of
Cornerstone courses below.
SIMPSON COLLEGE CORNERSTONE PERSPECTIVES 1999-00
40-41 semester hours of gen. ed. required of all Simpson graduates
The following Iowa Lakes Community Courses fulfill Cornerstone requirements:
| Simpson College |
Iowa Lakes Community College Equivalent |
| 1. The Western Tradition
(6 hours) |
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| The classical Judaeo-Christian tradition(3 hours) |
LIT150, HIS110 |
| The modern tradition(3 hours) |
LIT151, HIS111 |
| 2. The Scientific Perspective
(7-8 hours) |
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Laboratory Sciences
(4-8 hrs, at least one course with lab) |
EVS124,
BIO102, BIO105, PHS113, PHS110, PHS111, PHS187, PHS185,
PHS142, CHM111, CHM110, CHM152, CHM166, PHY162, BIO112,
BIO113, BIO300, PHY212, |
Mathematics and Computer Science
(0-4 hours) |
AGC106,
BCA212, BUS211, MAT211, MAT157 |
3. The Social Science Perspective
(6 hours)
*Choose from 2 different subject areas |
MMS101,
ECN120, ECN130, SOC220, PSY111, SOC110, SOC115, POL111,
ANT105 |
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4. The Humanistic Perspective
(9
hours) |
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Religion and philosophy (at least 3 hours) |
PHI101,
PHI105, REL101 |
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Literature and History (at least 3 hours) |
LIT101,
LIT124, LIT110, LIT111 |
A third course from Religion & Philosophy or
Literature and History from above (3 hours).
*At least 1 literature & 1 history course among cornerstone 1, 4, 6. |
HIS151,
HIS152, HIS201 |
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5. The Fine Arts Perspective
(3 hours) |
ART101,
ART206, MUS100, DRA101 |
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6. The Minority Perspective
(3 hours) |
To be completed at Simpson |
| Competencies: |
Refer to Simpson College catalog for specific requirements. |
| English: |
ENG105, ENG106, English Comp I & II. |
| Math: |
MAT102 Intermediate Algebra or higher level math |
| Foreign Lang: |
Two semester college sequence, 3-4 years in high school or placement test
performance. |
An alphabetical listing by department of course equivalencies is available in an
advisor or counselor office at Iowa Lakes.
You may contact Simpson at 800-362-2454 with
questions about course transfer or general transfer questions.
For questions or comments on transferring from
Iowa Lakes Community College, you can email Linda Helmers, Counselor, at lhelmers@iowalakes.edu.
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